Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: "Internationalis(z)ing Code - Computerphile" Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2026 04:07:44 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 24 Message-ID: <87ecmv5tgv.fsf@example.invalid> References: <10l1emt$gbq3$1@dont-email.me> <20260203105402.000076d8@yahoo.com> <10lu0b5$1tc47$1@dont-email.me> <10m065i$2jr9o$1@dont-email.me> <10m0jfs$2olfc$1@dont-email.me> <10m1ght$30l3q$1@dont-email.me> <10m33pt$3jfa2$1@dont-email.me> <10m82vr$1bil2$1@dont-email.me> <10m87js$1dcpp$1@dont-email.me> <10m9j7t$1q1bd$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:07:48 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d37104618b74407704e0de1d1159f737"; logging-data="2014106"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/B0UjDaxUan6CMrK9WA9br" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3CijK3oaLyTmnz8ATKltbnG2/Q4= sha1:5QUtBd0HQqywdTq7zkHc6bsogAM= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.fortran:126537 comp.lang.c++:123457 Thomas Koenig writes: > Lawrence D’Oliveiro schrieb: >> On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 19:15:07 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote: >>> I haven't used your software, but I have used Aspen (only very >>> little) and found it horrible. How it is possible for a solution to >>> diverge when the starting solution is already converged is beyond >>> me, all explanations that occur to me could be considered insults, >>> so I am not toing to go into that. That was worst; I hope your >>> software does better. >>> >>> But the F66 interpreter in Aspen was a close second; IIRC, it was >>> not even possible to declare variables. Argh. >> >> How do these tools compare to something like >>? > > How does a hacksaw compare to a screwdriver? A screwdriver is vodka and orange juice. A hacksaw has orange soda as well. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */